Division I Men

Philly Buster: Penn Beats St. Joe's with Five-Goal Run

PHILADELPHIA - The Penn men's lacrosse
team used a five-goal run that bridged the second and third
quarters to defeat Saint Joseph's, 9-5, in a midweek game played at
the Hawks' Finnesey Field.

The Quakers were up 7-2 early in the fourth quarter, before SJU
made a three-goal run to get back within two. However, the Penn
defense stiffened after that, and the Red and Blue put two more
goals on the board in the final three minutes to earn their second
straight win.

Ryan Parietti led Penn (3-8) with three goals,
while John Conneely had a goal and three
assists. Dan Savagescored twice, and Tim
Schwalje had a goal and an assist. At the other
end, Brian Feeney -- the reigning Ivy League Player of
the Week -- had another standout game with 10 saves while allowing
just five goals.

Penn outshot SJU, 40-26, and won 11 of the game's 17 faceoffs
as Joe McCallion went 7-of-9 on the X andDanny
Feeney went 4-of-8.

Parietti got things started in a slow-moving first quarter,
scoring the game's first goal after almost 12 minutes had passed
off an Anthony Adler assist. Saint Joseph's (3-9) tied it
up nearly a minute later when Johnny Simanski scored
unassisted.

Drew Belinsky gave Penn a lead it would not relinquish just
1:06 into the second quarter, finishing a Conneely feed. It took
more than five minutes for the Quakers to double their lead, but
Schwalje had the honors as he scored unassisted. The lead expanded
to 4-1 at the very end of the half, when Savage scored unassisted
with just three seconds left.

After a deliberate half by both offenses, Penn broke out with
two goals in the first 27 seconds of the second half. The first
came from Danny Feeney directly out of the faceoff, and
then 16 seconds after that Parietti scored his own unassisted goal
to make the score 6-1. However, the Quaker offense was stifled the
rest of the quarter, and Saint Joseph's got one of the goals back
when Ryan McGee scored. It was 6-2 after three quarters.

Parietti completed his hat trick in the first minute of the
fourth quarter with a man-up goal, finishing a nice feed from
Conneely in front. Saint Joseph's did not roll over, however, and
scored three times in a 4:29 span as McGee sandwiched goals around
an Augustus Quinzani tally. With 5:27 left, Penn's lead was just
7-5.

The Quakers settled things down, however, and gave themselves
some breathing room with 2:50 to play when Conneely finished a
Schwalje feed. With 1:06 left, Savage closed the door on the
scoring by finishing a Conneely feed with Penn in another man-up
situation.

Penn will close out the Ivy League portion of its regular season
this Saturday, traveling to Dartmouth face the Big Green at 1 p.m.
The Quakers are still alive for an Ivy League Tournament bid, but
must beat the Big Green to keep those hopes alive going into the
final Ivy weekend of April 28 (when the Quakers have the bye and
play out of conference).